To make your gift, visit alumni.utdallas.edu/classof2013.
Dear Class of 2013,
Congratulations! All that hard work, studying, and caffeine have finally paid off. Welcome to membership of an elite group: UT Dallas Alumni.
Five years ago, the Class of 2008 began a tradition: the Class Challenge. Since their gift of two chess tables, each class has been challenged to go above and beyond the classes before. Last year, the Class of 2012 raised funds for twelve $500 textbook scholarships. Because we are the first class to make it past the end of the world, we challenge the Class of 2013 to something that has never before been approached – 100% participation. We challenge every single member of the class of 2013 to make a gift to whatever area of UT Dallas you choose to support. Give back towards scholarships for future Comets. Donate to your school or major. Make a gift in honor of your parents, friends or a favorite professor. The challenge is to participate in making UT Dallas even better.
Many of you will undoubtedly wonder, “Why should I give more money to this school when I’ve already paid tuition?”
First, we ask you to think about all the people that contributed to allow us to receive such a great education. Many of us are on scholarships that exist solely because of past donations. To those of us not on scholarship: did you know our tuition and fees cover less than half the cost of operating the university? Even if you are paying “full tuition”, someone else is subsidizing your education. We, as alumni, need to give back to keep the UT Dallas experience affordable for each new class of students.
Even so, many of you are still thinking, “I’ve already graduated, so it doesn’t help me.” Except it does.
When you support your university, you provide it with more resources to draw the brightest students and best faculty. Each year that the incoming class gets smarter and the graduating class gets more qualified, UT Dallas’s rankings shoot up and your degree carries more weight. As a graduate from such a young institution, the investment in your degree will continue to gain interest year after year with our alumni support.
So, we challenge each and every one of you to give back just $13 to UT Dallas in honor of the Class of 2013 so we can help future students get even better educations than the ones we received. If you donate $50 or more, you’ll receive an engraved brick on Legacy Lane so that your contribution will be physically manifested forever in the UT Dallas landscape.
Join us in making a difference. Take the Class Challenge ’13 by donating online at alumni.utdallas.edu/classof2013. Do your part to lay the groundwork so UT Dallas can continue reaching for the stars!
Whoosh,
Sachin Shah BS ’13
Courtney Keeler BS’13
Raj Shah BS’13
Leah Jonczak BS'13
Diane Henry BS'12, MS'13
Give back to the university that has given you so much! $13 for the Class of 2013, $50 to get a brick on Legacy Lane before December 31, 2013. Visit alumni.utdallas.edu/classof2013